Now the administration needs to do the same thing. The president tonight ought to order the Agriculture Department to reopen this case, give this woman a fair hearing and, if the facts are as they seem, reinstate her with an apology.

The important thing is, when you make a mistake, correct for it very quickly. And that's what the White House needs to do now.

I think it's very much worth remembering that counter heat brought counterinsurgency to Iraq in a war that look hopeless at the time is -- we're in a much, much better place there because of his leadership.

he's a great patriot.

I think, Anderson, it was a home run, in naming David Petraeus.

if there's one man who can turn it around, if there's one leader who can turn it around, it's David Petraeus.

I think the president has every reason to fire him if he wants. But, on the other side, we're on the eve of the Kandahar offensive.

It is a firing offense. The question is who can prosecute this war well? And General McChrystal at this point is the man who is in the position.

The President's dilemma is that he said, you know, Tony Hayward, from BP, if he worked for him, he would have been fired a long time ago for some of the dumb things he has been saying.

The president has a right to fire him for that. It is a firing offense. The question is, who can prosecute this war well?

The one person he has been getting along well with is President Karzai. And they have formed a very strong partnership.

I think they have continued to miss their mark on the cleanup.